Block Valuation

Is SQ undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SQ when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SQ ($75.27) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($74.45)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SQ is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SQ?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SQ key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA48.4x
PEG Ratio2.1x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SQ's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SQ vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average37.2x
CPAY Corpay
23.8x14.0%US$24.2b
FIS Fidelity National Information Services
85.8x26.5%US$46.5b
PYPL PayPal Holdings
18.4x5.9%US$81.6b
GPN Global Payments
20.9x10.9%US$29.3b
SQ Block
68.2x32.2%US$47.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (68.2x) compared to the peer average (37.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SQ's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a-5.1%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

Fetching data

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a-5.1%
n/an/an/a
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (68.2x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (17.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SQ's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SQ PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio68.2x
Fair PE Ratio30.7x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SQ is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (68.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.7x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SQ forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$75.27
US$86.59
+15.0%
15.2%US$100.00US$40.00n/a41
Nov ’25US$72.15
US$86.59
+20.0%
15.2%US$100.00US$40.00n/a41
Oct ’25US$65.94
US$87.46
+32.6%
14.5%US$100.00US$40.00n/a40
Sep ’25US$66.08
US$88.32
+33.7%
14.1%US$100.00US$40.00n/a38
Aug ’25US$59.90
US$90.42
+50.9%
13.9%US$106.00US$40.00n/a39
Jul ’25US$63.84
US$90.70
+42.1%
13.5%US$106.00US$40.00n/a39
Jun ’25US$64.08
US$91.18
+42.3%
13.1%US$106.00US$40.00n/a40
May ’25US$66.84
US$90.94
+36.1%
13.5%US$110.00US$40.00n/a43
Apr ’25US$81.46
US$90.00
+10.5%
13.5%US$110.00US$40.00n/a42
Mar ’25US$79.25
US$89.68
+13.2%
13.2%US$110.00US$40.00n/a44
Feb ’25US$66.67
US$80.79
+21.2%
17.4%US$100.00US$40.00n/a42
Jan ’25US$77.35
US$76.45
-1.2%
19.0%US$100.00US$40.00n/a41
Dec ’24US$65.04
US$72.19
+11.0%
19.5%US$100.00US$40.00n/a43
Nov ’24US$40.96
US$73.38
+79.2%
22.4%US$110.00US$35.00US$72.1543
Oct ’24US$44.26
US$81.16
+83.4%
17.3%US$110.00US$35.00US$65.9439
Sep ’24US$58.17
US$84.60
+45.4%
16.1%US$110.00US$34.98US$66.0839
Aug ’24US$78.76
US$85.69
+8.8%
20.2%US$147.00US$34.98US$59.9040
Jul ’24US$66.57
US$84.30
+26.6%
21.1%US$147.00US$34.98US$63.8439
Jun ’24US$61.50
US$86.23
+40.2%
20.8%US$147.00US$34.98US$64.0839
May ’24US$60.22
US$93.05
+54.5%
14.9%US$150.00US$70.00US$66.8438
Apr ’24US$68.65
US$94.09
+37.1%
14.2%US$150.00US$70.00US$81.4639
Mar ’24US$76.63
US$94.84
+23.8%
15.2%US$150.00US$70.00US$79.2540
Feb ’24US$83.90
US$89.14
+6.2%
20.1%US$150.00US$51.00US$66.6740
Jan ’24US$62.84
US$91.43
+45.5%
28.7%US$210.00US$51.00US$77.3542
Dec ’23US$69.17
US$92.88
+34.3%
29.8%US$210.00US$51.00US$65.0441
Nov ’23US$59.00
US$102.86
+74.3%
32.1%US$210.00US$49.00US$40.9641

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


Discover undervalued companies